KISS Has Approached Surviving Former Members About Final Show In New York

By Andrew Magnotta @AndrewMagnottaNov 6, 2019

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Kiss's final concert ever might be more than a year-and-a-half away, but the band is already looking ahead to try and get its surviving former members involved.

The band's manager Doc McGhee recently confirmed that every surviving former member of Kiss has been approached about taking part in the band's final show, particularly the co-founders who are no longer in the band.

"Ace [Frehley] and Peter [Criss] will be and have been invited to come and play with us at any time," McGhee said during a Q&A session aboard the Kiss Kruise IX, as reported by Ultimate Classic Rock. "Like I always say, people in New York would love to see Joe Namath still play football for the Jets. Unfortunately, he can't. We want to include everybody that played with Kiss to celebrate the 45 years of Kiss."

The manager noted that the band still isn't sure what it will end up doing for its last show, who they will bring up or how, as they are early on in the planning stages. Plus, with such a heavily orchestrated show like Kiss's, having additional musicians drop in on short notice (and keeping them safe from pyrotechnics) has to be an unenviable logistical challenge. McGhee pointed out that such collaborations are also unprecedented in Kiss-tory, and the band is also considering how to make it look right.

"It's very difficult, though, when people say, 'Oh, you should bring Ace and Peter up.' I mean, how do you do that when you have two Catmen and two Spacemen?'" McGhee wondered. "So you say, 'Okay, you don't wear makeup, and you wear makeup.' And then they go, 'Well, that was my makeup.' I don't know."